Casa con Garage in via Palermo
Garage 80 mq, in via Palermo e via Cesare Pavese, con soppalco, catastalmente risulta cat. A5, piano terra-1. Ideale per attività artigianale o ristrutturandolo anche per civile abitazione. Nelle vicinanze di uffici e negozi vari, con possibilità di parcheggio in strada. Classe energetica: G Prezzo: € 25.000
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €25,000 asking price looks low at €167/m², but estimated renovation brings the effective cost to about €130,000, or €867/m²—well above the local €445/m² benchmark. The listing calls it an 80 m² garage while the property facts state 150 m², and residential conversion requirements are not clearly documented.
More on the house and the area
The historic stone façade, substantial door surrounds, tiled roofline, and charming street setting give this property real character. However, the interior is an unfinished garage/workshop with bare concrete floors and no visible living facilities, so it is a conversion project rather than a usable home today.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€30,000 – €53,000
Wiring, water and sanitary work of any kind, heating, air conditioning and gas go to a registered firm by law, and so do flues and the air openings for gas appliances. That labour stays in the bill. Yours is the stripping out, plaster, paint, floors, tiling and carpentry.
Labour is 61% of a renovation price on average and 67% at the median, across 191 items of the Emilia-Romagna 2025 public price list. Materials are the rest. An averaged price list, not a quote.
Materials you buy yourself carry 22% VAT; supplied by the firm doing the work they go at the 10% renovation rate. On a €30,000 materials bill that is €3,600 of extra tax.
Household wiring installed before 13 March 1990 counts as compliant if it has a main breaker with overcurrent protection, protection against direct contact and a 30 mA RCD. Having a firm bring the existing wiring up to that and certify it is the cheapest lawful route.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- This is currently a large garage/workshop, not a move-in-ready home.
- Interiors are raw, dusty, and unfinished, with no visible kitchen or usable bathroom.
- Substantial renovation and possible planning/legal checks would be needed for residential conversion.
Estimate from the listing and its photos, not a survey. Treat it as the starting point for your own quotes. An Italian builder's quote is normally written without VAT and without design fees, so add about a quarter to any figure a firm gives you.
The area around
Location score 53/100The area sits on the inland Hyblaean plateau, with open agricultural hills and dry valleys typical of south-eastern Sicily. The river landscape nearest at hand is the Caltagirone plain and the upper valleys that cut through this part of the province. Caltagirone is the nearest substantial town and has a large historic centre, services, and its well-known ceramic tradition. This part of inland eastern Sicily is known for grain fields, olive groves and ceramics.